I hear screaming and
squeaking. I hear clippedy-clip as their claws scratch against the tin roof.
They’re running and chasing each other, looking for food and playing along the
wooden balks above us. At times we can glimpse a long, fat tail or a curious nose
pop out between the planks.

The complete darkness
surrounds us already at 6 in the evening, and that’s when it all starts: the
motions, movements and the sounds. That is when they all try to move in.

Jungle house without walls

At night we sit under
the stinky mosquito net, listening and watching. We are watching the lamp move
although there is no wind, we keep an eye out for insects and scorpions and we
listen to the clippedy-clips.

The house is big with
two floors, two toilets and two bedrooms. We only use the master bedroom on the
top floor since we have a feeling that something is already living in the one
downstairs. Everything is built in a dark, robust and beautiful wooden
material. The house itself is art. The walls are not built together with the
roof but all over the house is a space of a few decimetres between them. It’s a
beautiful handicraft but it invites both the animals of the jungle and the cold
to come inside.

We lie close together
in the bed and trying to keep warm, despite the socks, cardigans, scarfs and
leggings we are wearing. Finally we manage to doze of. But a few hours later,
we awaken suddenly from screaming and a bunch of noises we don’t recognize. I’m
too tired to investigate but decide that birds and racoons are having a party
outside.

The next time we wake
up it’s almost noon and the jungle is quiet and peaceful again. All we can hear
now is the wind in the trees knocking on our windows. The nightly activities
are gone. Everything that was playing, screaming, running, climbing and keeping
us awake has now gone to bed. The sun is here to warm us but we are too tired
to notice.

Who knows, maybe soon
we too are becoming animals of the night who sleep during the days.

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